Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with Mid-Ohio Food Bank dba Mid-Ohio Food Collective, in an amount up to $35,000.00, to support the NBC4 Urban Farm.
The NBC4 Urban Farm will serve food insecure residents that largely consist of refugees and new Americans and provide an opportunity for them to grow healthy, fresh produce feet from their doors. Programming in future years will expand availability of garden plots. Excess food production will be distributed via the Mid-Ohio Food Collective network throughout the neighborhood. The initial build out will be completed in the spring of 2022 to include community garden beds, vertical towers, walkways, gravel parking lot, and shed for equipment storage.
Emergency action is necessary to allow program services to be implemented without delay.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund ($35,000.00).
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: the vendor number is 004402 and expires November, 2022.
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To authorize the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with Mid-Ohio Food Bank, dba Mid-Ohio Food Collective, in an amount up to $35,000.00 to support the NBC4 Urban Farm; to authorize the appropriation of $35,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; to authorize an expenditure of $35,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($35,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the NBC4 Urban Farm will address social determinants of health for neighbors while simultaneously addressing food insecurity; and
WHEREAS, the NBC Urban Farm will serve food insecure residents that largely consist of refugees and new Americans and provide an opportunity for them to grow healthy, fresh produce feet from their doors; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into a grant agreement with Mid-Ohio Food Bank dba Mid-Ohio Food Collective for the NBC4 Urban Farm program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to execute a grant agreement with Mid-Ohio Food Bank, dba Mid-Ohio Food Collective, and to make the funds available so that program services can be implemented without delay, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to execute a grant agreement with Mid-Ohio Food Bank, dba Mid-Ohio Food Collective, in an amount up to $35,000.00 to support the NBC4 Urban Farm.
SECTION 2. That the Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $35,000.00 within the Fund 1000 (General Fund), Subfund 100018 (Neighborhood Initiatives subfund), Dept Div 44-01 (Administration), Object Class 03 (Services), per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $35,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed is hereby authorized in Fund 1000 (General Fund), Dept Div 44-01 (Administration), Object Class 03 (Services), per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. Funds are hereby deemed appropriated and expenditures and transfers authorized to carry out the purposes of this ordinance and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.